āridus adj. with sup. 3 AR-, dry, arid, parched: materies, Cs.: folia: tellus leonum nutrix, H.: nubila, rainless, V.
— As subst n., a dry place, dry land: naves in aridum subducere, Cs.: (arbores) humi arido gignuntur, S.
— Of feeling, making dry, burning: sitis, O.: febris, V.
— Of sound: fragor, a dry, crackling noise, V.
— Withered, shrivelled: crura, O.: nates, H.
— Meagre, scanty, poor: victus: vita.
— Fig., of style, dry, jejune, poor, unadorned: genus sermonis: libri aridissimi, Ta.
—Of a man, dry, stingy: pater, T.